⁹ Honor Yahweh from your substance,^[a]
    and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,
¹⁰ and your barns shall be full of plenty,
    and your vats shall burst with new wine.

¹² I, wisdom, live with prudence,
    and I find knowledge and discretion.
¹³ The fear of Yahweh is hatred of evil,
    pride, and arrogance and an evil way.
    And I hate a mouth of perversity.
¹⁴ Advice and sound judgment^[a] are mine;
    I am understanding, strength is mine.^[b]
15 By me kings reign,
    and rulers decree righteousness.
¹⁶ By me rulers rule,
    and nobles—all judges of righteousness.
¹⁷ I love those who love me,^[c]
    and those who seek me diligently shall find me.
¹⁸ Fortune and glory are with me,
    enduring wealth and righteousness.
¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold,^[d] even refined gold,
    and my yield than choice silver.
²⁰ In the way of righteousness I walk,
    in the midst of paths of justice,
²¹ in order to endow those who love me with wealth,
    and I will fill their treasuries.

⁴ A slack hand causes poverty,
    but the hand of the diligent enriches.

²⁴ There is one who gives yet grows richer,^[a]
    but he who withholds what is right^[b] only finds need.
²⁵ A person of blessing will be enriched,
    and he who gives water also will be refreshed.

²⁸ He who trusts in his wealth is he who will fall,
    but like a green leaf the righteous will flourish.

¹¹ He who works his land will have plenty of food,
    but he who follows worthless things lacks sense.^[a]

¹⁴ From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he is filled with good,
    and the reward of a man’s labor^[a] will return to him.

²⁷ The lazy will not roast his game,
    but diligence is the precious wealth of a man.

⁴ The soul^[a] of the lazy craves, but there is nothing,
    but the person of diligence is richly supplied.